HAYLA MALAKOT SAHLA SELASSIE Hayla Malakot Sahla Selassie (circa 1825-October 1855) was king of Shawa and the surrounding regions from 1847-55. He was succeeded by...
Muhammad Hanfari (18?-circa 1902) was the dominant leader of the southern Afar (Danakil), a namadic people inhabiting the Afar (Danakil) Desert of northeast Ethiopia, from...
EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE Emperor Haile Selassie (July 23, 1892-August 26/27,1975), born Tafari Makonnen, held power for some 50 years, and ruled as emperor from 1930-74....
Lej Hailemariam mammo (1909-June 6, 1938) was a Patriot of the Ethiopian resistance to the Italian occupation of 1936-1941) and was famed for his courage....
GEORGE ALFRED GRANT George Alfred Grant (August 15, 1878 – October 30, 1956), one of the prosperous merchants of his day, was the first president...
ulius Gulama (1893-March 8, 1951) was a paramount chief of Kaiyimba in Moyamba district who played a prominent part in developing education and political awareness...
Atsme Giyorgis (1821-1914) a historian of the Galla or Oromo people, was one of the few Ethiopian authors during the reign of Emperor Menilek (q.v.). (1889-1914). Atsme...
Gaki Sherocho (1865-1919) or Chinito, was the last King of Kaffa., in what is now southwest Ethiopia, ruling from 1890-1897. He was the 19th ruler of...
GQIKA Ngqika (Gaika) (circa 1776-1829) was the paramount chief of the Rarabe Xhosa during a period of power struggle. Ngqika came to the chieftainship of...
GABRA SELASSE WALDA ARAGAY Gabra Selasse Walda (1844/45-November 4, 1912), who held the post of Tsahafe Teezaz (Chief Imperial Secretary), was a chronicler, an influential...
